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PSYC 2310 Lecture : PSYCH 1200 - CH 12.docx

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goldhound615
31 Mar 2012
School
University of Guelph
Department
Psychology
Course
PSYC 2310
Professor
Anneke Olthof

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Psych 1200 ch 12 (personality & freud) Personality traits consistent (greater w/adulthood) behaviour over time & across different situations: characterize individual"s" customary ways of responding to their world. Guided by psychodynamic, humanistic, biological, behavioural, cognitive, & socio-cultural perspectives provide conceptions of what personality is & how it functions. Theory (1) provides a comprehensive framework w/in which known facts can be incorporated (2) allows us to predict future events w/some precision & (3) stimulates the discovery of new knowledge. Psychodynamic theorists look for causes of behaviour in a dynamic interplay of inner forces that often conflict w/one another focus on unconscious determinants of behaviour. Conversion hysteria physical symptoms (i. e. paralysis, blindness, etc. ) appear suddenly w/no apparent physical cause. ^ freud related to [repressed] painful memories & feelings; made patients re-experience traumatic memories/feelings (usually sexual/aggressive) unconscious mind exerts great influence on behaviour.

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